St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-11

for food. I WALKED IN.
AT THE MERCHANTS.
When there is a crowd of people in
ST. Paul the Merchants catches its per-
centage of them, and yesterday at noon
it was almost impossible for one to get
into the rotunda. so denSely were the
people packed into it. Clerks Dodge
and Snow were kept busy answering
questions put to them by human inter
rOgation points, and the number of
times they gave one the information
that they had no rooms, nor even cots
to spare, could hardly be counted. At
noon, when the doors of the dining hall
were thrown open there was grand
rush for the stairway leading to them,
and in less than two minutes the tables
were full and those who were too far
behind stood in line and waited for
their turn to eat. There were over 500
trSnsients in the hotel and as many
more had been turned away, as
there were no accommodations
for them. A Hundred or more vacant
rooms in the vicinity of the hotel had
been secured and guests were sent there
to sleep and take their chances for get
ting something to eat at the hotel. 1--WE
will feed them ALL" said Landlord
Well, ''if we have to keep the tables
u,
and he kept his word. Every inch of
spare room in the halls was occupied
with coats and it was busy day for
chambermaidS as well as walters. bell
boys, porters and clerks. ''There were
never so many people in st. Paul be-
fore,' said an old citizen. ''The ice car
nival never attracted such a crowd as
this" j. 81. Hanson had arranged to
furnish rooms for those who could not
get hotel accommodations, and the 200
rooms that he had were filled before 5
O'Clock last evening and people were
securing the city for place to lay their
heads.
THE WINDSOR.
The Windsor was filled I'D to the
eyes. Clerk Estes was obliged to turn
scores of anxious-faced visitors away.
and he said, Were FULL" until his jaw
got cramped, and he had to put UP a
sign telling the story. 1--WE haven't got
cot left, and we've doubled up in every
room in the house." he said. The Chi
cago Toboggan club, composed of citi-
zens of Chicago, Wyoming and Rush
City, made the Windsor its headquar-
tiers. The club numbers forty people
ladies and gentlemen-and they secured
accommodations at the Windsor by
teiegraphing nearly two weeks ago.
There were nearly 800 people quartered
at the Windsor. They were sleeping
everywhere about the hotel. with the
exception of on the roof and in the
cellar.
Landlord Foley, of the Clarendon, and
Johnny Langdon were humping them
selves to take care of the crowd that
they had contracted to accommodate.
"We'ye got 200 people in the house
now," said Johnny. land we could get
twice as many more if we had room for
them.'
The Sherman was full to the last
room, and, as in the other hotels, cots
were called into use. Restaurants,
boarding houses and free lunches all
did a land office business.
The "bell hop" or, as is more digni-
fed, the bell boy, was not falling asleep
last night in his chair. He was kept
busy playing horse up and down stairs,
much after the manner of Grimes in
Hoyt's comedy, "a Bunch of Keys" If
they had taken notion to walk out on a
strike yesterday there would have been
more or less profanity mixed up with
the general festivities.
The man who walks around in a white
apron and sells waffleS at cents apiece
was smiling in wild, deliriouS way,
for his wares went as fast as the ira
ditional hot cakes. He was making
money with a rush, and he kept right
round with the crowd, from morning till
night. Fruit vendors, and, in fact,
everybody who could furnish anything
to satisfy the appetite, were kept busy
dishing it out to the voracious throng.